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Issue: Vol. 4175 No. 2: 13 Oct. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-10-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4175.2.2
Page range: 142–154
Abstract views: 74
PDF downloaded: 3

New species and new synonyms in European Platypalpus (Diptera: Hybotidae)

Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, CZ-16521 Prague 6-Suchdol, Czech Republic.
Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, CZ-16521 Prague 6-Suchdol, Czech Republic.
Diptera Empidoidea Platypalpus taxonomy new species new synonyms Europe

Abstract

Platypalpus mosticensis sp. nov. (Czech Republic) and P. ibericus sp. nov. (Portugal) are described and illustrated. The male of Platypalpus silvahumidus Barták & Kubík, 2015 is described and illustrated for the first time. Types of all species of Platypalpus described by Italian entomologist Gianni Raffone between 2002 and 2010 were studied. The following nine new synonyms are proposed: Platypalpus canzonerii Raffone, 2002 = P. maculimanus (Zetterstedt, 1842); Platypalpus litoreus Raffone, 2010 = P. flavicornis (Meigen, 1822); Platypalpus pseudoalter Raffone, 2003 = P. boreoalpinus Frey, 1943; Platypalpus pseudostroblii Raffone, 2002 = P. exilis (Meigen, 1822); Platypalpus subwagneri Raffone, 2003 = P. exilis (Meigen, 1822); Platypalpus romaniolus Raffone, 2010 = P. longiseta (Zetterstedt, 1842); Platypalpus subarticulatus Raffone, 2002 = P. articulatus Macquart, 1827; Platypalpus submaculus Raffone, 2002 = P. macula (Zetterstedt, 1842); Platypalpus subpectoralis Raffone, 2002 = P. pectoralis (Fallén, 1815). Variability in the male genitalia of P. boreoalpinus is discussed.

 

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